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Certainly any hospitals I have experienced except a University Hospital in BKK, and indeed Government run hospitals, overcharge on Meds they dish out, which are usually more than required for the condition or accident in question! However, one must weigh this against the convenience of a one stop service!

Shaurene is right in one very important respect, and that is no-one is a real winner in all this! A depreciation in the value of the baht may provide momentary relief for exPats, but it rebounds on the economy if one is going to have any continuing interest in Thailand!

The value of the Baht against major currencies , gives a good indication of what the outside world thinks about the present troubles!

I would put odds on against an election actually taking place on Feb. 2nd!

Even Westliufe could feature here!

Paypal is another worry free method!

This exposes a very real problem here in LOS!

I am amazed to see that the Philippines is put on the top of the scam list!

I thought that Nigeria held that prize by a long chalk, and actually teach fraud in some Colleges, with teachers providing templates for the alleged accidents to their parents in a plane, car crash or other disaster. Details are genuine, and supported by news of the event, except that their parents were never anywhere near there at the time, and certainly did not deposit a fortune in any bank or safe depository!

Most posts appear to have lost the plot here!

There is a plethora of reasons why someone can end up with no money, and being judgmental at Christmas doesn't help one iota!

I would let him lodge at my place, but Samui is too far away for him, and relatively expensive to get to!

At least he sounds literate!

The baht will rebound back, so for those that want to capitalize, you had better do it now!

Quite right! We are affected by the politics all around us, but have no say and no vote!

Open is exactly what it is, no more, no less. Don't expect or read anything deeper into it. If that is what you want, then that is what you get, but don't forget the Thai jealousy factor!

I would have thought that a dating site with photos would solve all your problems, as well as finding out how many followers you might be expected to support and so on. If truthful right from the start, then you can know a great deal before meeting, and find the kind of person(s) you want!

So much will depend on what happens politically in Thailand during the next 2 months.

Lovely trip to Loei then on to the magical Chiang Khan, with spectacular hilltop views down across the meandering Mekong River!

Poor Thailand !

No!

I doubt if it would be recognised in Thailand, just as polygamous marriages are not recognised in the U.K. whether legal back home or not!

Interest, learning nicknames and adopting a firm presence right from Day 1, will all help! Too late later on!

This is capable of happening all the time in LOS. I once wrote an article about the Tourist mango, which I only discovered after 25 years. When a farang wants to buy some mangoes with a price stuck on them then that price is per mango. When a Thai asks, that is the price per kilo!

Try going into one of the national parks! Locals one price, and farangs up to 10 x more, officially !

Sounds like a tragic state of affairs!

Agreed!

It is the manner in which we correct any pidgin English, rather than IF we do it! My efforts at Thai are constantly corrected many times over to get the correct tonal ending. Even at University level, I have found sentence construction unacceptable especially in published material!

Safest way would be to rent in Canada then there could not be any problem in LOS !

How can Khon Kaen possibly be described as Pattaya 2?!!

RSVP should be returned first, and in writing!!

This really is 'make or break ' time for Thais. Of course there has to be planned reforms before any meaningful

election. Votes have to stop being bought, though some accuse the Democrats of doing the buying, then in the next breath, the Red Shirts are accused. They cannot both be spending the most money on vote buying?!!

Until recently at an academic meeting, I had no idea just how vast a part corruption plays in everyday life in LOS!